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Quick Reference Study Guide for English Honors II Winter Exam 2024

***Remember, use ENGL II CANVAS and the Modules (inclusive of external links/videos/powerpoints) to also study and refresh your memory- Crash Courses 1950s, 1960s, and Harlem Renaissance *** Also, remember, you can use a small, handwritten NOTECARD during the exam- use the notecard to prepare and organize your thoughts- per Canvas & Remind, this is due to me on Tuesday, 12/17/24. The Tempest-Shakespeare approx. 1610-late Renaissance (almost post-Renaissance)- King James (of King James Bible) and his interest in the supernatural and "magic" / sorcery- Nature, balance, and "divine symmetry" and beauty-also transcends into structure of play with Acts and Scenes- concept of the masque and outdoor scenes (The Plague, too)- historical background with exploration and Bermuda- character foils- the Noble Savage (Caliban) - colonialism- Hobbes / Locke / Rousseau- Nature vs Nurture- Is Shakespeare Prospero? -concept and feasibility of "utopia"- innocent island life versus corrupt Italian city-states-resolution on stage and off-stage (?Shakespeare's final production?)

Lord of the Flies-published 1954 Golding as veteran of British Navy-post WWII apocalyptic-man as innately depraved and barbaric- Darwinism (survival of the fittest) as applied to social existence / experience-impact of WWII (senseless killing; the power/awe of mass annihilation)- corrupt adult world and end of innocence- fascist regimes vs "democracy"- again, repetition of utopic environment (dealt with in The Tempest-Gonzalo) and are utopias really feasible? - carryover into Southern Gothic = the human need to judge / categorize/discriminate and how this human propensity translates into prejudices and killing off of the weak- human depravity and "the beast"

"Everything That Rises Must Converge" (1965) and "A Good Man is Had to Find" (1953) - Flannery O'Connor-carryover links between issues of racism and questionable "democracy"- glorification of the "good Ole' South" and remnants of slavery- how the New World (ie. the New South; postcolonialism) can adjust and reconcile the atrocities of the Old World (colonialism) - genre of Southern Gothic (the supernatural, the grotesque, the bizarre & macabre) Jim Crow Laws (implicit versus explicit social codes) and the murky, ambiguous cultural terrain after Reconstruction- O'Connor as a staunch Catholic, dying of lupus struggles to process how to be a "devout Christian" in the face of such hypocrisy- her characters are deformed, both physically and spiritually- also the concept of "authenticity": living an authentic existence, not a hypocritical one-surface appearances as deceiving, just like the South itself-external beauty may be indicative of internal ugliness-remember the Crash Courses on the 1950s (era of mass consumerism and "the white man") feeds into riots / revolutions of the 1960s and Civil Rights- governmental intervention and forced integration- the concept of "social codes" and/or "personal codes" is implied in these stories- these "codes" carry over into TKAM- also, the concept of being "saved" as a final moment of enlightenment-only occurs on the verge of death

"A Rose for Miss Emily" - published 1930- William Faulkner precedes Flannery O'Connor in the southern literary tradition-again, questionable glorification and commemoration of the "Old South" (as embodied-literally- by Homer Barron)- also carry over concept of the misfit/ one who is alienated and Quick Reference Study Guide for English Honors II Winter Exam 2024

***Remember, use ENGL II CANVAS and the Modules (inclusive of external links/videos/powerpoints) to also study and refresh your memory- Crash Courses 1950s, 1960s, and Harlem Renaissance *** Also, remember, you can use a small, handwritten NOTECARD during the exam- use the notecard to prepare and organize your thoughts- per Canvas & Remind, this is due to me on Tuesday, 12/17/24. The Tempest-Shakespeare approx. 1610-late Renaissance (almost post-Renaissance)- King James (of King James Bible) and his interest in the supernatural and "magic" / sorcery- Nature, balance, and "divine symmetry" and beauty-also transcends into structure of play with Acts and Scenes- concept of the masque and outdoor scenes (The Plague, too)- historical background with exploration and Bermuda- character foils- the Noble Savage (Caliban) - colonialism- Hobbes / Locke / Rousseau- Nature vs Nurture- Is Shakespeare Prospero? -concept and feasibility of "utopia"- innocent island life versus corrupt Italian city-states-resolution on stage and off-stage (?Shakespeare's final production?)

Lord of the Flies-published 1954 Golding as veteran of British Navy-post WWII apocalyptic-man as innately depraved and barbaric- Darwinism (survival of the fittest) as applied to social existence / experience-impact of WWII (senseless killing; the power/awe of mass annihilation)- corrupt adult world and end of innocence- fascist regimes vs "democracy"- again, repetition of utopic environment (dealt with in The Tempest-Gonzalo) and are utopias really feasible? - carryover into Southern Gothic = the human need to judge / categorize/discriminate and how this human propensity translates into prejudices and killing off of the weak- human depravity and "the beast"

"Everything That Rises Must Converge" (1965) and "A Good Man is Had to Find" (1953) - Flannery O'Connor-carryover links between issues of racism and questionable "democracy"- glorification of the "good Ole' South" and remnants of slavery- how the New World (ie. the New South; postcolonialism) can adjust and reconcile the atrocities of the Old World (colonialism) - genre of Southern Gothic (the supernatural, the grotesque, the bizarre & macabre) Jim Crow Laws (implicit versus explicit social codes) and the murky, ambiguous cultural terrain after Reconstruction- O'Connor as a staunch Catholic, dying of lupus struggles to process how to be a "devout Christian" in the face of such hypocrisy- her characters are deformed, both physically and spiritually- also the concept of "authenticity": living an authentic existence, not a hypocritical one-surface appearances as deceiving, just like the South itself-external beauty may be indicative of internal ugliness-remember the Crash Courses on the 1950s (era of mass consumerism and "the white man") feeds into riots / revolutions of the 1960s and Civil Rights- governmental intervention and forced integration- the concept of "social codes" and/or "personal codes" is implied in these stories- these "codes" carry over into TKAM- also, the concept of being "saved" as a final moment of enlightenment-only occurs on the verge of death

"A Rose for Miss Emily" - published 1930- William Faulkner precedes Flannery O'Connor in the southern literary tradition-again, questionable glorification and commemoration of the "Old South" (as embodied-literally- by Homer Barron)- also carry over concept of the misfit/ one who is alienated and